Every student of law and society knows this book, and it is available again with a new Foreword by Candace McCoy and a new Preface by the author. Fifty years after his innovative research began, the continuity and change of policing and law is seen again, in all its richness and nuance. Also available in new paperback and hardcover printings of the Fourth Edition, by Quid Pro Books.
Jerome Skolnick is a Professor emeritus of jurisprudence and law at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and New York University Law School.